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God Does Not Want Us to Compromise with the World ㅡ

 “Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.” (Psalm 12:1)

 “Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” (2 Timothy 3:12)

Why is it, then, that persecution seems in a great degree to slumber?

The only reason is that the church has conformed to the world’s standard and therefore awakens no opposition.

The religion which is current in our day is not of the pure and holy character that marked the Christian faith in the days of Christ and His apostles.

It is only because of the spirit of compromise with sin, because the great truths of the word of God are so indifferently regarded, because there is so little vital godliness in the church, that Christianity is apparently so popular with the world.

Let there be a revival of the faith and power of the early church, and the spirit of persecution will be revived, and the fires of persecution will be rekindled.

 (The Great Controversy 48)

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